All we can be

FredPeyer

Riding the wind, soaring high into the sky

Like a kite, the mind wants to be free and  fly

Where a string controls and holds back the kite

The mind is subject to  fear and anxiety that might

Hold it back from exploring and testing the unknown

Keeping it a prisoner of our own comfort zone

 

Water rushing downriver towards the ocean

Held in by river banks restricting and guiding its motion

Our mind too is channeled by our own projection

Into a pre-determined and given direction

Not letting it roam freely and happily perceive

All the great adventures and victories we could achieve

 

Just like gravity pulls everything back to ground

Holding our mind back is not very sound

We need to let it expand without restriction

Remove all obstacles, limitations, or friction

Only a mind that is unbound and free

Will let us see and experience all we can be

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  • Laura🌻

    Fred,
    The last stanza so true.
    Unfortunately we get there too late because it’s the first two stanzas
    that drive the force of the
    first half of our lives!
    We, as senior citizens, come to this realization a bit too late!
    So let’s enjoy what we have left...
    ...if that’s at all possible!
    A well written reminder to live this life on earth to the fullest!
    Thank you for your thoughts!
    ~Laura~

    • FredPeyer

      Thank you Laura, I really do appreciate your lovely comment!

    • myself and me

      How wonderful would that be, fly free in the sky, run free in the ocean, be what we can be, be what we want to be.

      • FredPeyer

        M&M, you CAN be all that. It is only a question of how we look at the world. You can be in the most boring job, but nobody can tether your mind!
        Thank you so much for your comment!

      • A.C Doomcraft

        Sadly there's so many distractions from freedom and happiness that keep us bound the mind is the last truly free space

        • FredPeyer

          Thank you A.C., you are so right! No matter where our bodies are, our mind is free to roam.

        • orchidee

          A fine write Fred. I seek to go 'into' my mind more at times, e.g. meditation. Whether I find anything there, or draw a blank and find only sawdust in there, is another matter! lol.

          • FredPeyer

            Thank you Orch, and welcome to the club. Somebody could shoot me in the head and I wouldn't die. There is nothing there to hit!

          • Louis Gibbs

            "Keeping it (the mind) a prisoner of our own comfort zone" ... describes well the malady that afflicts most and retards our progress as a species, sadly. Your wonderful poem says it well, Fred! Congratulations on this fine contribution for consideration.

            • FredPeyer

              Thank you Louis, you made my day with your kind comment.

            • Fay Slimm.

              Ah - love the rhyming and meaning put into this posting Fred - -a perfect reminder to be all we can be then experience peace without restriction.

              • FredPeyer

                Thank you Fay, your comment is very much appreciated! It is a mind game, isn't it?

              • Poetic Dan

                Brilliant, I'm at more free with your words. Amazing

                • FredPeyer

                  Thanks PD! And my words will set you free.... 🙂

                • Goldfinch60

                  The mind is always free and goes on to infinity. Good write Fred.

                  • FredPeyer

                    Thank you Goldfinch! The mind does indeed go on to infinity! And beyond?

                    • Goldfinch60

                      And beyond.



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